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Michael Breen 5월20일 작가와의 만남 -'The New Koreans'

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Meet Michael Breen at Seoul Book and Culture Club on May 20th.
Michael is coming to talk about his new book 'The New Koreans'. Michael is a
writer and consultant who first came to Korea as a correspondent in 1982. He
covered North and South Korea for several newspapers, including the Guardian,
The Times and the Washington Times. Few are more knowledgeable about Korea than
Michael Breen, a trained journalist who's lived here for many years and whose
connections go right to the very heart of the country. (www.facebook.com/events/193478934502141/)

'The New Koreans'

There can hardly be a country in modern Asia that we need to know
more about. This book, written by an expert, explains the history, the business
and the culture of South Korea, and where its future
lies.

In the course of a couple of generations, South Koreans took
themselves out of the paddy fields and into Silicon Valley, establishing
themselves as a democracy alongside the advanced countries of the world. Yet for
all their ambition and achievement, the new Koreans are a curiously
self-deprecating people. Theirs is a land with a rich and complex past, certain
aspects of which they would prefer to forget as they focus on the
future.

Having lived and worked in South Korea for many years, Michael Breen
considers what drives the nation today, and where it is heading. Through
insightful anecdotes and observations, he provides a compelling portrait of
Asia's most contradictory and polarized country. South Koreans are motivated by
defiance, Breen argues: defiance of their antagonistic neighbour, North Korea,
of their own history and of international opinion. Here is an overlooked nation
with, great drive, determined to succeed on its own
terms.

Praise for 'The New Koreans'

‘If someone is going to live in Korea or do business with the
Koreans, this is certainly the book to read. It gives informative and deep
introduction to this fascinating (and not well-known) country, and, in addition,
it is an engaging read.’

— Andrei Lankov, author of The Dawn of Modern
Korea

‘Breen is back, and better than ever. This is a broad and deep
exposition of South Korean history, politics, economy and society that will have
even the oldest Korea hands going 'I never knew that'. Top drawer
stuff.’

— Daniel Tudor, author of Korea: The Impossible
Country

‘As Alexis de Tocqueville did with Americans of the 1830s, Michael
Breen probes 21st century Koreans to the very core of their being. Never
hesitating to skewer their fascinating idiosyncrasies, he paints a loving and,
overall, admiring portrait highlighting strengths that in rapid-fire order have
made the Republic of Korea an economic powerhouse and, now, a cultural exemplar.
Not only is The New Koreans magnificent in its sweep and depth; as a bonus, it's
way too much fun to read.’

— Bradley K. Martin, author of Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly
Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty